Be cool: Go with blue in a garden

3:46 PM,
Jun. 17, 2013

Written by

Richard
Poffenbaugh

Generally, blue flowering plants are less common when looking for garden plants. But if some homework is done, there are more choices than you realize.

Blue is called a "cool" color and creates a calming effect upon us - opposite of red color - a "hot" color. Blue has widespread color appeal. If you want to settle your nerves after a rough day, look at the blue flowers. If you want to fire up your nervous system, look at the fire engine red flowers.

Some of us like a specific color so much we select many clothes with that color. My maternal grandmother loved the color lavender. She had many lavender ...